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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

藝術家簡介

Yuen Ting Yan
袁婷欣

 

 

As a conceptual artist, I investigate the psyche and material reality through diverse mediums. Each material choice becomes an experiment, probing both the boundaries of selfhood and the physical world.

Since my late teenage years, I have come to perceive existence as an unending tapestry of anguish. I sought refuge from this hellish reality in the sanctuary of art and daydreams – realms where serenity finally found me. Addintionally, the deeper I immerse myself in artistic creation, the more vividly I experience being alive. With every descent into the labyrinth of my inner world through artistic expression, I discover new depths of immersion, each layer revealing greater vitality.

 

HONOURS PROJECT

畢業作品

The Failure of Viewing

1

The Failure of Viewing  

 

Wooden frame, frosted glass papers 

 

Set of 4, 84.7 x 60.6 cm 

 

 

 

This work embodies the cruel paradox of creation: I who drew every stroke of Lily on my own. Still, I cannot really touch Lily, just like everyone. The frosted paper is a metaphor for our shared barrier —While viewers strain to glimpse blurred contours through the veil, I stand frozen before the cruelest truth: my complete knowledge of Lily’s drawings offers no passage to its essence. The more meticulously I rendered Lily’s existence, the more bitterly I understood this is not a being but only my imagination from my longing. We are all outsiders here: the audience barred by frosted papers, me by the very act of creation that gave Lily life yet condemned it to remain always beyond the glass. Drawing Lily is to mourn what cannot be held.

 

 

 

2

Lily, My Imaginary Muse 

 

Graphite on paper 

 

Set of 4, 78.7 cm x 54.6 cm 

 

 

 

The drawings show my beloved Lily, my imaginary muse 

PREVIOUS WORK

過往作品

The Values of These Pieces

 

Toilet water on paper, 2023

 

 

By painting masterpieces (e.g. Mona Lisa, The Treachery of Images) with toilet water, I critique their value through unusual use of material.

 

 

 

 

Showering in Flesh and Blood

 

Live performance, Animal organs, fake blood and a bucket, 2025, 10 minutes

 

 

By showering in flesh and blood, I embodied existential solitude—a reminder that we are fundamentally alone.

 

 

 

 

A Ghost

 

Acrylic on canvas, 2024, 40 x 60 cm

 

 

I daydreamed about what a ghost looks like.